In 'Renegade Rifles', the hostile Apaches have attacked a wagon convoy at night, a time when the Apaches traditionally do not finish. 'Trouble Weather', the herd being driven from Montana to make up the beef ration for the local reservation has been unaccountably delayed, causing a possible uprising. Cattle thieves in the Old West were never easy to apprehend, but when, as in 'Rain Valley', they are protected by a mountainous terrain, a lawman such as Burt Crownover must report to wiliness and deception to gain secret access.